I read an article the other day in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle titled, “Landlines are fading, but still play a role”. Admittedly, I was a bit surprised to see the numbers:
Am I surprised that people are only using cell phones? No, I’m surprised at how many people still have a landline! Perhaps it’s because I fit into the 25-29 demographic but even my parents haven’t had a landline since 2005.
After my initial shock, the article got me thinking about how people use the phone these days and it’s actually kind of amazing. Gone are the days when you simply picked up the phone at your house, made a call and that was it. Now we have a number of different ways to make a call:
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When Grasshopper first launched in 2003 as GotVMail, there were few other companies providing virtual phone services. Eight years later, that’s no longer the case.
With more competitors out there and businesses like Skype and Google Voice coming onto the scene, one of the questions we get a lot is “How is Grasshopper different?”
There are a lot of sites out there that can help you compare virtual phone providers but due to the fact we get so many searches and tweets about it, we figured we’d put it on the Grasshopper site for you.
Check out our “Compare Grasshopper” page to find out what makes Grasshopper different, how a virtual phone can help you and if you have questions, feel free to leave a comment, tweet us @grasshopper or talk to our 24×7 support team at 800-820-8210.
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Over the past few months, Grasshopper headquarters have been “going green”. A new solar power system is in the final stages of installation and pretty soon, about 20% of the building’s power (including HVAC) will be generated by sunlight.
This is an exciting step for Grasshopper and it got us thinking, what else can we be doing to green up this place?
As it turns out, our own product actually helps with that! A virtual phone system is a great way to help your company go green.
Work from home
With the Grasshopper call forwarding feature, you can work from home and never miss a call. More importantly, you don’t have to commute to an office.
According to a Huffington Post article by Jason Seeger, if more companies encouraged telecommuting, the U.S could use 625 million fewer barrels of oil each year, cut greenhouse emissions by 107 million tons of carbon dioxide and save $43 billion on gas. Wow!
Save a few trees
Did you know that every year each person in the United States uses roughly 749 pounds of paper? That’s a lot of paper and a lot of trees!
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From Bell’s magnetic arm prototype in 1875 to our fancy smartphones you can get anything you need on today, the telephone has been a key communication device throughout history. It’s helped people connect, businesses evolve, and is the reason Grasshopper is here today.
There have been a number of songs about telephones throughout history ranging from the themes of love to escape, but they all revolve around the telephone’s central purpose: To get a hold of someone.
Here are 10 popular (and some terrible) songs about telephones:
1. Telephone Line (1976)
Starting out with phone noises at the beginning, Telephone Line is one of Electric Light Orchestra’s top songs. It was the theme song of the 1977 Film Joy Ride. A slow-moving and “romantic” song, it talks about a man trying to reach his girlfriend so he can hear her voice….Kind of creepy if you ask me!
This song was used in Adam Sandler’s 1995 hit Billy Madison at the part where Billy calls an old classmate to apologize for making fun of him in high school ten years earlier.
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We are happy to announce that next week we’re launching our national TV campaign on MSNBC. Check out the latest commercial featuring our favorite mascot, Gary.
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